Railroad tie



Patented Feb. 24, 1925,

PATENT OFFICE.

ELMER L, ROOT, OF MOSIER, OREGON.

RAILROAD lillfllilu Application filed May 12,

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it hereby known that I, ELMER L. Itoor, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mosier, in the county of VVasco, State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Railroad Tie, of which the follow` ing is a specilication.

This invention relates more particularly to railroad ties.

An object of my invention is to provide an exceedingly simple and eicient railroad tie having an adjustment for the gauge of the tracks and for their alignment.

A second object is to provide a wooden bearer between the rail and the metal tie to absorb the shocks, and to so construct the bearer that it may readily be impregnated with preservatives and also supported laterally by a separate casing of metal.

I accomplish these results in the manner set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing. in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section taken along the line 1-1 in Figure 3. Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a plan of Figure 1. Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken along the line 4 4 in Figure 2 showing the preferred form of bolting and a slight modification thereof. Figure 5 is a section along the line 5,-5 in Figure 1.

Similar numbers of reference refer to the same parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawing, I have constructed my device in the form of a channel shaped tie 10 provided with the cross braces 11. Seated in the channel of the tie 10 are the casings 12 in which are placed the wooden bearers 13, which are actually short sections of an ordinary wooden tie. 0n each bearer 13 is placed a plate 14 upon which rests a rail 15. The offset clamping plates 16 rest upon the plate 14 and engage the rail 15 in a manner to hold it downward, as well as to locate it laterally. Bolts 17 pass through the plates 14 and 16, the bearer 13 and the bottom of the casing 12, and in the modification shown in Figure 4 through the slots 18 and in the tie 10. The bolts 17 are provided with the nuts 19.'

It will be understood that when the bolts 17 pass through the slots 18 that it is pos- 1924. serial No. 712,643.

sible to adjust the rail in regard to gage and still clamp the rail down to the tie, after it is adjusted by means of the bolt 22. As above suggested, the slots 18 may be dispensed with entirely and the lateral position of the rails be determined by rotating the opposed nuts 23 on the bolts 22 and then maintained by locking these nuts.

When the bolt 17 does not pass through the tie 10, the bottom 20 of the casing 12 is preferably recessed to receive the bolt heads 21 and thereby prevent the bolts from turning.

Bolts 22 are passed through one end of each casing 12 before its bearer 13 is inserted in same, and also through the braces 11 to which they are secured by the nuts 23.

The operation of my device is as follows: In laying a track on my new form of tie the road bed is prepared in the usual manner and the ties put in place under the rails 15. The clamping plates 16 are now attached loosely and the members 13 moved to their correct positions as to gauge and alignment of track through the aid of the bolts 22. The nuts 19, which are preferably some form of lock nut, are now tightened, and that is all there is to it.

In practice it may be desired in some cases to provide a cover 24 over the channel 10 which at once acts as a spacer between the members 13 and keeps material away from the adjusting screws. This can be of very light material, and can even be dispensed with altogether, if desired.

It is evident that by this construction I have not only economized wood in the construction of the ties themselves, but have made the ties particularly susceptible to the action of preservatives by their great reduction in length, and have made the op eration of replacement one of extreme simplicity. In fact, one end of a tie can have a new bearer placed upon same without disturbing the other bearer, or disturbing the track in any way.

Iam aware that numerous forms of metallic ties have been constructed in the past, I therefore do not claim such devices broadly but I do intend to cover such forms and modifications as fall fairly within the ap* pended claims.

I claim:

A railroad tie comprising a channel iron adjacent brace; a metal plate on the top of each Wooden bearer ;,ra1l engagmg ola-mplng plates on top of said -metal plates; and 10 bolts for clamping a rail resting upon said metal plate to said tie.

ELMER L. ROOT. 

